Sherman Newton Willis, 67, of Jasper, Alabama, died on January 27, 2014. Public memorial and obituary entries record his death as resulting from gun violence, and his name appears in the National Gun Violence Memorial as a Jasper victim that winter day. An obituary was published through Collins-Burke Funeral Home where family and friends were invited to share condolences.

Contemporaneous reporting noted that a man from Dora was arrested in connection with the Monday shooting death, but the available online memorial and obituary material does not preserve the full law-enforcement or court record. The suspect’s identity, the exact charges, and any subsequent legal outcomes are not clearly retrievable from the surviving accessible notices. If anyone knew Sherman, witnessed events in Jasper on January 27, 2014, or has information about the arrest and what followed in court, please share what can help complete the record.